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...glaucoma, schooled in classical, gospel and every form of popular music, Charles came to Atlantic in 1953, when Ertegun bought his Swingtime Records contract for $2,500. Ray brought with him a pioneering blend of gospel melodies, R&B raunch, a suavely swingin? piano groove ? la Nat Cole and the imposing sound of a big band behind him (though typically he worked with only six sidemen). Oh, and an epochal vocal style that would make him the dominant and longest-lived soul singer of the century. Was Charles, as one of his own albums proclaimed, a "genius...
...President Clinton and told him to clean up his act rather than put the country through the agony of impeachment. If they had achieved that, their Jeffords story would at least be credible. It's a good try, but Jeffords made a decision that just happened to help Democrats. NAT CARNES San Juan, Puerto Rico...
...humor. By the early '30s he was making $1000 a week at the country stuff; but in the bustling Chicago music scene there was so much more to hear and play. 'In the morning I was hillbilly, and at night I was playing jazz with Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Nat Cole and Art Tatum.' He cut his first records in 1936, backing blues singer-pianist Georgia White as she belted out Andy Razaf's raunchy threat, 'If I can't sell it, I'll keep sittin' on it, before I give it away.' A year later he formed his first...
...years are a blur of impressions now, filled with glimpses of professors and classes, friends and activities. I remember Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald, teaching Nat. Sci. 5, interjecting modestly upon occasion, “I knew Albert Einstein, you see. And I once told Albert...” Wald never lacked ego, but he was riveting...
...years are a blur of impressions now, filled with glimpses of professors and classes, friends and activities. I remember Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald, teaching Nat. Sci. 5, interjecting modestly upon occasion, “I knew Albert Einstein, you see. And I once told Albert...” Wald never lacked ego, but he was riveting...